Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-73

§1203 Research and development

Title 47 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE ALERTS › § 1203

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, working with the head of NIST and the chair of the FCC, must set up a program based on the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee’s advice. The program is meant to help more mobile phones and other devices get emergency alerts. It must pay for research and testing at colleges, private companies, government labs, and similar groups. At minimum, it must work on technology to send alerts to specific areas and study how people react to warnings.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §1203

Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, in consultation with the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall establish a research, development, testing, and evaluation program based on the recommendations of the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee, established pursuant to section 1202(a) of this title, to support the development of technologies to increase the number of commercial mobile service devices that can receive emergency alerts.

(b)The program established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)fund research, development, testing, and evaluation at academic institutions, private sector entities, government laboratories, and other appropriate entities; and

(2)ensure that the program addresses, at a minimum—

(A)developing innovative technologies that will transmit geographically targeted emergency alerts to the public; and

(B)research on understanding and improving public response to warnings.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 1203

Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73